Song Mingqian was restless, not hearing a word the deacon said.
Li Fu was also absent-minded, unconsciously falling behind.
The Holy Church in Da Fu Prefecture was not that big. With all the talking, it only took an hour to see everything.
The group said their goodbyes and left, already past eight in the evening.
Song Mingqian yawned and said, "I'm sleepy, I want to go back to sleep."
"Let's go to bed early tonight, we have a mission to carry out tomorrow morning."
Xia Chujian quietly said, "...we also need to scout."
She was referring to the mission they had accepted from the Hunted List.
Ye Shijie nodded in understanding, "Don't worry, once the Association's mission plan is arranged tomorrow morning, we can go scout."
Xia Chujian didn't say anything more.
It wasn't until they boarded the Suspension Train back to the hotel that Xia Chujian said, "The Fan Family's territory is in the concentric circles in the center of Da Fu Prefecture City. Of course, they also have their own villas in various districts, and their estates in the hot spring areas outside the city."
"This Fan Family is really like a local emperor in Da Fu Prefecture," Song Mingqian said with a disdainful curl of his lips.
Ping Qiong had been immersed in the intoxication of that fleeting glimpse of the man earlier.
But at this moment, she subconsciously said to Song Mingqian, "Don't talk nonsense, what local emperor? Be careful someone hears you..."
Song Mingqian's mood suddenly improved.
A sunny smile spread across his face as he said, "Cai Jie is right! I'll listen to everything Cai Jie says!"
Ping Qiong looked at him in surprise, "What's wrong with you today? You looked like someone owed you millions just now, and now you're fine again?"
"Nothing, nothing... How could anything be wrong with me? If anything's wrong, it's someone else who has a problem!" Seeing that Ping Qiong was paying attention to him, Song Mingqian used all his charm to chat with her, diverting her attention.
...
The group returned to the hotel, already close to nine in the evening.
As soon as Xia Chujian walked into the hotel lobby, a distinguished-looking man approached her and said, "Hello, Ms. Xia, I am Fang Chenggong, Colonel Zong Ruoan's secretary."
Xia Chujian quickly nodded and greeted him, "Hello, Mr. Fang, is there anything I can help you with?"
Fang Chenggong said, "Ms. Xia, this is your package, please sign for it."
Xia Chujian looked at the contents of the receipt and said in surprise, "...It's a bulletproof vest? Did Colonel Zong send you? I'm really sorry to trouble you."
Fang Chenggong nodded with a smile, thinking, This was delivered from Shaofu Star using the fastest interstellar express Flying Vehicle borrowed from the Su Family. How could it not be a trouble?
But he rationally didn't say it out loud, just smiled faintly and said, "Colonel Zong said that this is what you deserve, it's a newly developed sample, and he hopes you can continue to provide feedback on your experience using it."
Xia Chujian now knew how valuable this bulletproof vest was, it was much more precious than those eighty thousand yuan.
But she also felt that this was Zong Ruoan compensating her for the bulletproof vest she had received from the Association. To talk about favors, that was a matter between Zong Military Industries and the Dark Night Hunter Association.
So she nodded, "Thank you, Colonel Zong, I really like this."
Fang Chenggong secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He was also afraid that Xia Chujian would insist on not accepting it, and he really didn't know how to clean up the mess.
After Fang Chenggong left, Xia Chujian and her Team returned to their rooms.
Xia Chujian opened the Nano Bodysuit Armor and found that it was indeed a new style.
Something had been clearly added to the shoulders and elbows, making it slightly thicker, but definitely more sturdy, so it wouldn't be torn by the transformed Humanoids so easily.
Moreover, the material of this bulletproof vest seemed to be of a higher grade, feeling as smooth as flowing water in her hands.
Xia Chujian came out of the bathroom after Ping Qiong went in to wash up.
Xia Chujian was about to lie down on the bed and video chat with her aunt when she suddenly heard the notification sound of a Squad Channel message from the Quantum Optical Brain.
She opened it and saw that it was a message from Director Gu Shanjun of the Association!
[Director Gu]: Xia Chujian, your Supernatural Helmet has arrived, open the door!
Then she heard the doorbell ring.
Xia Chujian looked at the video connected to the doorbell from the room and found that Director Gu was standing at the door! That's so fast! She rushed out of the bedroom, directly opened the door, and said excitedly, "Director Gu! Thank you for bringing me the Supernatural Helmet!"
Gu Shanjun handed Xia Chujian a brown metal box, "Try it and see if it works."
Xia Chujian hurriedly opened the box. Inside was a helmet made of silver metal.
This helmet had a complete visor system, with built-in goggles and a display screen, looking low-key and practical.
She took it out, put it on her head, pulled down the visor to cover her entire face, locked all the catches, and nodded to Gu Shanjun.
Gu Shanjun looked at her and slowly released his Mental Strength.
Xia Chujian blinked, feeling nothing.
She waited for a while before cautiously asking, "... What level is your Mental Strength?"
Gu Shanjun was rather embarrassed and annoyed, and said fiercely, "Anyway, it's higher than yours!"
After saying that, he turned to leave.
Xia Chujian quickly stopped him, "Director Gu! It's not that I don't trust you, but does this helmet really have such high defensive capabilities? Do you have any other test data?"
"... The test data is inside the helmet. You can use the helmet's built-in account to log in to the Association website and test it yourself again. If you find the level is not enough, the Association will compensate you with one hundred million." Gu Shanjun said coldly, walking away even faster.
Xia Chujian: "..."
One hundred million! She couldn't decide for a moment whether she wanted the helmet to work or not...
...
At four thirty in the morning, Xia Chujian and Ping Qiong were awakened by the hotel's wake-up service.
The two of them went to wash up together, then changed into the necessary equipment.
Xia Chujian wore the Nanomaterial Bulletproof Vest close to her skin. She not only put it on herself, but also sent a message to the Team's encrypted system Squad Channel, telling everyone to wear it.
In fact, if Xia Chujian hadn't reminded them, the others in the Team wouldn't have thought of wearing this Bulletproof Vest.
The reason was simple: the danger level of this mission was clearly not as high as the last time they went to the Exotic Beast Forest to find the Blood Kirin, so there was no need to be fully armed.
But since Xia Chujian had said it, everyone had to wear it.
This was a bit of metaphysics for Bounty Hunters.
Some things just couldn't be said. Once they were said, they had a degree of accuracy.
The saying "Don't talk about people during the day, don't talk about ghosts at night" was all about playing with thrills.
So everyone changed into the Nanomaterial Bulletproof Vest again.
Li Fu even said in the Squad Channel, "This Bulletproof Vest is really good. I've checked with other Teams, and they don't have this kind of Bulletproof Vest. It really is specific equipment from the last Blood Kirin mission. It's not sold on the market now."
Xia Chujian believed eighty percent of Zong Ruoan's words.
After everyone was ready, they ordered breakfast service and ate a quick breakfast in their respective rooms.
Then they left at five thirty.
They needed to get to the designated location by six o'clock, so it was better to be early.
The group got into their Combat Aircraft, and after rising into the air, they entered stealth mode.
Xia Chujian asked Ye Shijie, "Ye Dui, how are we going to protect them in secret? I still don't quite understand."
Ye Shijie said, "The Association should give us more instructions today. We'll talk about it then."
Ping Qiong was also curious, "Which Noble Lady is it? Still no news?"
"Soon, in less than half an hour." Song Mingqian comforted her.
The Flying Vehicle flew rapidly upwards. Ten minutes later, it arrived at the designated coordinates in the air.
That place was already close to the atmosphere.
Ye Shijie looked at the local star chart and said, "This is a starship docking station. It seems that the Noble Lady is coming from another planet."
"The only ones who can be called Noble Ladies on Guiyuan Star are from the Fan Family. The mission says she's here to travel in Da Fu Prefecture, and Da Fu Prefecture is the Fan Family's base, so this person is definitely not from the Fan Family. She can only be a Noble Lady from another family, so she's definitely not from Guiyuan Star. It's perfectly normal for her to come from another planet, right?" Song Mingqian reasoned, while also retorting to Ye Shijie.
Ye Shijie ignored him and continued, "The Beichen Empire has five main planets. Guiyuan Star is the most remote of them, with only one starship a month. Today is not the day for the monthly starship to take off or land, so this starship must be a Private Starship."
"In the entire Beichen Empire, there are no more than twenty Noble families with Private Starships."
Li Fu said, "To be precise, there are no more than twenty Noble families who can afford new Private Starships. There are still many Noble families, or citizens, who buy second-hand Private Starships. The number is definitely not small."
Xia Chujian knew that the civilian class was simply not allowed to own private starships, no matter how rich they were.
The best private transportation that civilians could own was a Civilian Flying Vehicle.
Civilian Flying Vehicles could only fly within the atmosphere of various planets and could not fly out of the atmosphere to achieve interstellar travel.
As the only civilian in the Team, and an ordinary person whose genes could not evolve, she was at the very bottom of the food chain.
She could only obediently listen to everyone else speak.
Ping Qiong looked at Song Mingqian, then at Ye Shijie, and yawned, saying, "What's the point of arguing about this? Won't we know soon enough?"
Whether it was a private starship or an official starship, they all had to dock at the interstellar starship terminal outside the atmosphere.
Then, after exiting the starship, they would take an elevator down into the terminal and enter the terminal connecting station within the atmosphere.
From the connecting station, they would transfer to a Flying Vehicle or a space shuttle to fly to the local planet and land.
Real starships would not enter the atmosphere.
The Team members stopped talking.
Sure enough, at ten minutes to six, they received the second message from the Association.
[Dark Night Hunter Association]: B Grade Task No. 1234 requires covert protection of a noble lady, Quan Caiwei, the eldest daughter of the third branch of the Quan Family. She will be staying at Block A2 in the Da Fu Prefecture Fan Family's main residence. Her code name is Tulip. Your encrypted contact card number is 5306-9326399.
Then came the noble lady's photo.
In the photo, Quan Caiwei had bright eyes and white teeth, and was as beautiful as the Tulip named "Midnight Sun," with deep black leaves and fiery red flowers.
Her temperament was calm and composed, like a tranquil midnight, but the expression in her eyes was fiery, like sunlight in the dark night.
Upon seeing this message, the Team members were silent for a second.
Then Xia Chujian was the first to break the silence, "Is this Da Fu Prefecture Fan Family the Fan Family we're thinking of?"
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